Humane law school

Toward "The Humane Law School"

1. Self assessment and reflection
2. Emotional regulation
3. Mindfulness
4. Yoga/tai chi/meditation/dance/breathing - how to breathe and how to move your body
5. Improv and acting
6. Your clients and their trauma
7. Managing fear and shame
8. Addiction and substance abuse
9. Intro to holistic psychology
10. Life planning
11. Telling your story
12. Time management
13. Stress management
14. Financial management
15. Crisis management
16. Serious ethics
17. Pro bono
18. Local community
19. Know people whose lives are different than your own
20. DEI generally
21. Recognizing bias
22. Legal technology
23. Networking
24. Trust and trustworthiness in the law
25. Human rights law
26. Dispute resolution
27. Reconciling your personal beliefs and your professional obligations
28. Interdisciplinary law (finding and working with other professionals)
29. When and how to seek help
30. Contingency planning
31. What to do when you make a mistake or do something wrong
32. Lies in the legal system (e.g., plea bargaining)
33. Saying no
34. Setting and maintaining boundaries
35. Compartmentalizing, boundaries, their necessity, and their risks
36. Finding and managing mentors
37. Healthy personal and professional relationships
38. Building your community
39. Teamwork
40. Speaking to nonlawyers
41. Models of layering (guide, governor, guardian)
42. Managing and addressing professional burnout
43. Non-verbal communication (including using and reading body language)
44. Empathy
45. Integrating your past training and experience (e.g., undergrad degree, prior work, military service)
46. Making friends as an adult
47. Self defense
48. Storytelling
49. Taking initiative
50. How to read
51. Things you're not used to - for example, both poverty and wealth - since lawyers may need to navigate both